| 释义 |
inwards, adv. (a.)|ˈɪnwədz|
[ME. inwardes, f. inward adv., with advb. genitive -es, -s, as in besides, etc. Cf. the parallel MDu. inwaerts, Du. inwaarts, MHG. inwertes, Ger. inwärts, Da. indvortes, Sw. invertes.]
1. a. = inward adv. 1 a.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 16 b/2 Drawinge the needle from inwardes, outwardes. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 418 A mile inwards is another wall. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 205 Do not direct the cutting Corner of the Chissel inwards, but rather outwards. 1796Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 61 The advantages of making central changes, by breaking inwards, so as the whole stand faced to the given division or divisions in two columns. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 70 Globe Artichoke, with..the scales turned inwards at the top.
b. spec. With respect to goods coming in or imported. (Cf. inward n. 4.)
1583Rates of Custome-ho. To Rdr., The..poundage for all maner of merchandise aswel outwards as inwards. 1679–88Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden) 144 To Rowland Thrupp, collector inwards in the port of Bristoll. 1688N. Jersey Archives (1880) I. 525 Paying noe Custom nor Excise inwards or outwards. 1722Act Encour. Silk Manuf. in Lond. Gaz. No. 6040/3 The..Silk when exported unmanufactured do draw back great part of the Duties paid Inwards.
c. = inward adv. 1 b.
1597[see a]. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 159 A black sheep skinne with the wool-side outward in the day time, and inwards, in the night time. a1626Bacon (J.), The medicines..are so strong, that if they were used inwards they would kill.
2. a. = inward adv. 2 a.
a1225Ancr. R. 92 Euer so þe wittes beoð more ispreinde utwardes, se heo lesse wendet inwardes. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. i. xi. §36. 125 What else is reflecting besides turning the mental eye inwards? 1866J. Martineau Ess. I. 127 Conjecture will turn inwards.
b. = inward adv. 2 b.
a1225Ancr. R. 92 Euer se recluses toteð more utwardes, se heo habbeð lesse luue of vre Louerd inwardes.
†B. adj. = inward a. in various senses. rare.
1550J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Heralds §97 (1877) 87 The names of them..casteth into theyr hartes an inwardes feare and tremour. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 158 The high fleeing hawke should be made inwards and (as we tearme it) fond of the lewre. |